East Tennessee State University Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University Electronic Theses and Dissertations Student Works 5-2005 Uncivil War: Memory and Identity in the Reconstruction of the Civil Rights Movement. Joanne Sarah Barclay East Tennessee State University Follow this and additional works at: https://dc.etsu.edu/etd Part of the Political History Commons Recommended Citation Barclay, Joanne Sarah, "Uncivil War: Memory and Identity in the Reconstruction of the Civil Rights Movement." (2005). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 999. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/999 This Thesis - Open Access is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Works at Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. UnCivil War – Memory and Identity in the Reconstruction of the Civil Rights Movement A thesis presented to the faculty of the Department of History East Tennessee State University In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Arts in History by Joanne Sarah Barclay May 2005 Dr. Stephen Fritz, Chair Dr. Dale Schmitt Dr. Andrew Slap Keywords: Memory, Identity, Commemoration, Civil Rights Movement ABSTRACT UnCivil War – Memory and Identity in the Reconstruction of the Civil Rights Movement by Joanne Sarah Barclay Memory is constructed to solidify a certain version of the past in the collective identity. History and memory occupy a controversial role in the New South, with battles over the legacy of the Civil War and the reassertion of Confederate symbols in the wake of the Civil Rights Movement’s challenge to the status quo.